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Key points

• The company pretty much invented the hardware superstore when it began in 1978, just by being so big.
• They inflated the neighborhood tool shop into a whole city of lumber, hammers, caulk, power saws, and big rolls of wire.
• I would know I’m in a Home Depot blindfolded, because of a distinct quality to the air—crisp and particulate, smelling like wood dust and paint and the oiled metal of power tools.
• The Home Depot smell is buried deep in my childhood, filed somewhere between “building a deck” and “first day of spring.” Anyway, the Home Depot website is just as big.
• And while it doesn’t smell like sawdust, it’s easier to find stuff.